2018 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

STEERING DEATH WOBBLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS !!!!! FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE FOR OVER TEN YEARS. WHY IS THIS ISSUE STILL NOT BEING ADDRESSED? I SEEMS THAT FORD IS LEAVING IT UP TO THE CUSTOMER TO RESOLVE. I GUESS I'M THE THE DUMMY FOR TRUSTING THAT FORD HAS SAFETY IN MIND WHEN THE F250 WAS PUT INTO PRODUCTION WITH A KNOW SAFETY STEERING PROBLEM. THERE IS A FIX ACCORDING TO THE INTERNET BUT FORD CONTINUES TO FAIL THEIR CUSTOMER BY NOT PROVIDING THE SOLUTION AT NO COST. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD TO DIE BEFORE FORD DECIDES TO RECALL? I PAID OVER 70K FOR THE TRUCK AND IT IS VERY SCARY TO DRIVE. NOT KNOWING WHEN THE NEXT TIME THE FRONT WHEELS ARE GOING TO START THE (DEATH WOBBLE). FORD PLEASE RESOLVE !!!!!

"DEATH WOBBLE" WHILE TRAVELING AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS YOU HIT A SMALL BUMP AND THE TRUCK WITH GO INTO AN UNCONTROLLABLE WOBBLE AND HAVE TO SLOW SPEEDS DOWN TO 45 MPH TO CORRECT ITSELF, SLAMMING ON THE BRAKE (WHICH IS FIRST REACTION) MAKES IT WORSE

BETWEEN 60 TO 75 MPH WHEN HITTING CERTAIN BUMPS THE STEERING STARTS VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND WILL NOT STOP TILL SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 25 MPH. THIS STARTED AT AROUND 24K AND HAS HAPPENED 10+ TIMES. ALSO AT 37K SYNC 3 RADIO NO LONGER WILL COME ON AND WIRING ISSUES CANNOT GET TRAILER BRAKING TO CONNECT TO THE TRUCK. LIGHTS WORK FINE BUT ALWAYS SHOWS TRAILER DISCONNECTED SO BRAKING DOESN'T WORK. YOU CAN ALSO START THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL AND PUT IT IN ANY GEAR WITHOUT HAVING YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE.

AT AROUND 7K MILES DEVELOPED A DEATH WOBBLE SHIMMY IN THE STEERING WHEN HITTING POTHOLES OR CRACKS IN THE ROADWAY AT 40 MPH AND UP. TOOK INTO DEALER AND UPPER TIE ROD WAS REPLACED. PROBLEM APPEARED TO BE SOMEWHAT LESS NOTICEABLE. NOW AT 10K MILES THE DW IS PREVALENT IN EVERYDAY DRIVING AND MAKES THE VEHICLE VERY SCARY TO DRIVE. ALMOST TOTAL CONTROL IS LOST FOR SEVERAL SECONDS UNTIL YOU BRAKE HOPING NOT TO GET REAR ENDED WHILE REGAINING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. ITS BAD ENOUGH TO SPEND $60K ON A TRUCK THAT DEVELOPED THIS TYPE OF ISSUE AT 7K MILES BUT AT 10K MILES IT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT MONEY, THIS COULD KILL SOMEONE. FORD HAS LISTED A TSB ON THIS ISSUE THAT I AM CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO BUT I'VE SEEN NO CONFIRMATION THAT THIS FIXED THE ISSUE, APPEARS TO BE MORE OF A BANDAGE. FORD NEEDS TO FIX THIS ISSUE ASAP.

FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACKED THE WHOLE WAY ACROSS AFTER USING DEFROSTER. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON AND THE DEFROSTER WAS TURNED ON AS I WAITED FOR VEHICLE TO WARM UP I WENT BACK INSIDE THE HOUSE. WHEN I WENT BACK OUT AND GOT IN THE VEHICLE THE WINDOW WAS CRACKED ALMOST THE WHOLE WAY ACROSS IN A PERFECT LINE WITH 2 PEAKS THAT CAME UP ABOUT A FOOT IN ON EACH SIDE. THE CRACK THAT WENT THE WHOLE WAY ACROSS WAS ABOUT 8 INCHES ABOVE DASHBOARD. I HAVE ONLY 13000.00 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND BOUGHT IT NEW AROUND 11 MONTHS AGO. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL COVER THIS AS THEY SAID THE COVERAGE ON THE WINDOW HAD TO BE UNDER 12000.00 MILES OR 12 MONTHS WHATEVER CAME FIRST. IT'S REALLY UPSETTING TO THINK THE WINDOW WOULD CRACK FROM DEFROSTER AND THAT THEY MAY NOT COVER IT.

EXPERIENCED STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATION (DEATH WOBBLE) THIS HAS OCCURED WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AFTER DRIVING OVER AN UNEVEN PAVEMENT AT SPEEDS OF 55, 65 AND 70MPH. THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND LOST STEERING AND BRAKING CAPABILITIES DURING THE EVENT. IT STOPPED AFTER I DECELERATED TO ABOUT 40MPH FORTH UNTIL I SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 35MPH. FORD DOES HAVE A TSB OUT ON THE ISSUE BUT THEY ARE ONLY REPLACING PARTS THAT HAVE WORN OUT, NOT THE HIDDEN ISSUE THAT IS CAUSING HEAVY DUTY SUSPENSION PARTS TO WEAR OUT SO QUICKLY.

AT 50 MPH OR ABOVE WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP JUST RIGHT, THE TRUCK BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BECOME KNOWN AS 'DEATH WOBBLE' AND IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE. IT DID NOT START UNTIL AROUND 30K MILES AND WAS VERY RANDOM, ONLY OCCURRING OCCASIONALLY. NOW AT 39K MILES IT HAPPENS DAILY.

AT 65 MPH WHEN ENCOUNTERING ROUGH EXPANSION JOINTS, POTHOLES, OR OTHER BUMPS THE TRUCK WILL GO INTO WHAT IS COMMONLY CALLED DEATH WOBBLE. THE FRONT END SHAKES VERY VIOLENTLY BACK AND FORTH. STEERING IS IMPOSSIBLE, IT WILL WRENCH THE STEERING WHEEL OUT OF MY HANDS. I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO 35 MPH TO MAKE IT STOP. I WAS PASSING SOMEONE AND COULDN'T COMPLETE THE PASS. IF THE ROAD HAD BEEN CURVED AT ALL I WOULD HAVE GONE INTO A VERY STEEP DITCH.

EXPERIENCED THE 'DEATH WOBBLE' ON THE I-15 SOUTHBOUND AT THE RUSSEL RD BRIDGE IN LAS VEGAS. LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL AT 65MPH DRIVING STRAIGHT.

AT APPROXIMATING 12161 MILES ON MY TRUCK, IT IS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD , MY F250 THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED (4-5 TIMES) A VIOLENT OSCILLATING OR SHAKING OF THE ENTIRE TRUCK WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP IN THE PAVEMENT OR OVER THE EXPANSION JOINT OF A BRIDGE. I HAVE NEARLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE (4-5 TIMES). MY COURSE OF ACTION IS TO TAKE MY FOOT OFF OF THE GAS, SLOW DOWN, SAFELY PULL TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, SLOW DOWN TO 5MPH, AND THEN I CAN CONTINUE ON. THE SHAKING IS SO VIOLENT I THOUGHT THE TRUCK / I WAS GOING TO FLIP OVER BECAUSE OF LACK OF STEERING.